I agree some of what you've said in this threat, but we 100% have a worker shortage. I work in healthcare and there just aren't people out there with the qualifications we need. There are not enough doctors or nurses in the US. The govt funds a lot of healthcare education (nursing and medical schools). The govt isn't expanding slots and schools often can't find teachers anyway (for nursing anyway, not docs as much).

The answer is obviously immigration, but that's an ethical issue in healthcare. Bringing in people who want to be nurses and docs usually means taking them from developing nations. As the US population gets older and we have fewer young people, we just won't have enough people working in healthcare.